Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “refugees” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

12 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
refugees	12	47	640	(None)
refugee	11	53	1094	1	refugee_
refuges	11	54	1337	1	refug_es
referees	11	13	1041	2	referees
refuels	10	39	952	2	refu_els
refuge	10	53	1261	2	refug_e_
refuged	12	54	1087	2	refug_ed
refugeeism	16	5	90	2	refugeeism
refusers	11	49	927	2	refusers
refuses	10	49	1855	2	refu_ses
refuters	11	44	961	2	refuters
refutes	10	45	1572	2	refu_tes

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	121059	0.143	1249587.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	12	3.373	35890.6
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.516	50822.2